Important mail about your OPT application, including your official receipt and Employment Authorization Document (approval card), will be mailed to the address you write here. If your mail is sent to someone other than yourself, please include an “In Care of Name” as part of your mailing address.
This is very important! The address should be valid for at least 3-5 months, the length of time it will take to process the application. If you have plans to move during this time, use a reliable friend or family member's address to receive the EAD (indicate this in #5.a.) It is also possible to use a P.O. Box for mailing addresses.
Warning! Government mail will not be forwarded to a new address by the U.S. Postal Service, even if you ask the U.S. Postal Service to forward your mail. The only way to change the address USCIS uses for your OPT-related mail is to submit an official change of address to USCIS using their website tool.
If you listed a mailing address in Item 6 that is NOT your current physical living address, select "No" and complete #7.a-7.e. with your current physical address. If "Yes," write "N/A" in #7.a-7.e. Physical address should reflect where you actually live.
Only use this field if you have an A-number. It is likely that you will not have this number unless you have previously applied for OPT. Do not use your I-94 number in place of the A-Number. Instead, write "None".
F-1 students do not have a USCIS Online Account Number, write “None”.
The responses to these questions should be straightforward. Please complete them accurately.
No: The most common answer for this question is “no”. Students with Curricular Practical Training (CPT) should answer “no”, because there is no EAD card for CPT employment. Students with on-campus jobs also answer “no.”